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Bathroom Heating. An insight
Some form of heating is essential in the bathroom. Whether to warm only the towels, occupants or a combination of the two Albion can supply a solution for all situations
The first step is to determine how much heat output is required to warm your room. This is an easy task to accomplish as only basic maths is required. Some allowance must also be given to the presence of windows, door and outside walls, but more of that a little later.
Albion use a simple calculation for the heat output requirement. Simply determine the cubic capacity of your room in feet and then multiply the resultant figure by 4. Get your tape measure out and give this a try!
Therefore:
Example Room size=
10ft long x 8ft wide x 8ft high,
So multiply 10 x 8 x 8 = 640 cubic feet
Then multiply 640 x 4 = 2560.
2560 is the BTU (British Thermal Units) output required of the total number radiators in a room. To convert to Watts, divide BTU's by 3.41. So in our example divide 2560 by 3.41. This gives a figure in Watts of 750.73.
For every average size window and door, add 10% to your requirement. For every outside wall, also add 10%
So in our example room if we have one door, one window and two of the walls are outside facing, we can calculate like this:
For the window, 2560 + 10% (2560 x 1.1) = 2816
For the Door, 2816 + 10% (2816 x 1.1) = 3097
For the outside wall 3097 + 20% (3097 x 1.2) = 3716.
So in our example room, we need 3716 btu's or in metric, 1090 watts
How miserable is it to get of a bath and have a cold room and damp towels? To correct this social injustice, Albion supply three main types of radiator. Towel Warmers to dry damp towels and keep them warm. Cast Iron Radiators to keep your room toasty or a combination of the two.
Towel warmers, by design have a low heat output as they are not intended to heat anything else. Albion supply a huge variety of this type finished in Hard Chrome and Bright Nickel. These can be either heated from the central heating system, by an electric element built into the towel warmer or a combination of the two. This last option is generally
referred to as 'dual fuel'. The benefit of dual fuel is that once the central heating is switched off during summer, with a flick of a switch you can keep the towel warmer operational.
Combined towel warmer/radiators have a much higher heat output as they must perform the two tasks of heating the room and dry the towels. As such you should use the calculations on the left to determine what heat output is needed. Combined towel warmer/radiators also benefit from the features detailed above and are available in Hard Chrome and Bright Nickel.
Cast Iron radiators are suitable for use anywhere in the house. Using the calculations to the left, determine what heat output is required. Albion can then construct a suitably sized radiator for you. Cast Iron radiators can only run from the central heating system and, as with all other radiators choose which valves you wish to use.
All our radiators are pressure tested to 100psi (6.9 bar) and all high quality brass tubing complies with BS2871.
When fitting, ensure all radiator products are installed in accordance with BS5449, BS7593 and BS7671 to avoid invalidation of your guarantee.
Radiators fitted with electric elements must be installed in accordance with IEE regulations by a qualified electrician.
